Improvement in table-casters



E2 MANNING.

Improvement in Table-Casters.

rNo. 132,301. Patented0m.15,1872.

'al' 'l UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD B. MANNING, OF MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO MAN- NIN G, BOWMAN & CO., OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENTlN TABLE-CASTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 132,301, dated October 15, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD B. MANNING, of Middletown, in the county of Middlesex and 4State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvenient in Table-Casters; and I do hereby declare the followin g, Wh en taken in connection with the accompanying drawing and theletters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawing constitutes part of this specification, and represents a side view of the base and handle.

This invention relates to an improvement in the construction of table-casters. As heretofore constructed the base of the caster has been made from white or other similar soft metal. This Jin use is easily bruised or bent; consequently, without extremely careful use, the base is soon marred or out of shape; and, further, that, as the bearing for the turn-table or center comes entirely upon this part of the caster, it quickly wears away, and the center is loose; and, further, the handle is easily bent, and no article of table use is so soon misshapen or disgured as the caster. To overcome these diculties is the object of' this invention; and it consists in forming the base and center post from cast-iron plated with nickel.

A is the base cast in suitable molds from iron, the center post B usually cast in the same piece. The ornamentation is cast in the surface and polished, and then plated with nickel. The base thus constructed cannot be bruised by use, and may be formed in delicate outlines, and with light feet upon which to rest, which, if formed from White metal, Would render the article practically useless, so easily would it be bent out of shape. Formed from hard metal the turning of the center will not Wear away but remain firm and strong. D is the handle, by preference formed in the same manner from cast-iron,th us giving to that part of the caster the same rigidity as that specied for the base. Another great advantage Witnesses:

TEoMAs H. BARoWsKY, J AMEs P. WALSH. 

